A New Tomorrow - Poem by Daleen Enslinstrydom

In the dew-fresh morningthe sun rises over the broken yesterdaysto bring a new tomorrow,

like the new life that you broughtwhen you entered my lifewith love and flowers.

You transformed my houseinto a tranquil placewhere we both had to learnto live againand together we had to make a house a home.

The garden is something special, a place where a weary soul can find tranquillityand the iron board decoration tells the longing of our lives: “here we rust in peace”like the tin buckets full of flowersthat has found a place in the sunwe did also find a place of rest.

You brought your heart with every new plantthat you offered to mebut initially you were driving me madbut each and every plant found a placein the garden and in buckets and potsin the backyard.

Roses, lavender, succulents, geraniums, gazanias, daisies, margrets, jasmine, dayliliesand all kinds of other flowersstarted to decorate the gardenand even the back wall

and this morning when I did wake up at dawnthe garden called meand with the weavers, sparrows and turtle-dovesI came to greet your handiwork

and my heart found a dwelling placein my own bit of paradise and with the sun reflecting on the tinsevery little flowerpot oozed vibrant colour into the new morning